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GETWS(3C) Standard C Library Functions GETWS(3C)

NAME

getws, fgetws - get a wide-character string from a stream

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>
include <widec.h>

wchar_t *getws(wchar_t *ws);

#include <stdio.h>
include <wchar.h>

wchar_t *fgetws(wchar_t *restrict ws, int n, FILE *restrict stream);

DESCRIPTION

The getws() function reads a string of characters from the standard
input stream, stdin, converts these characters to the corresponding
wide-character codes, and writes them to the array pointed to by ws,
until a newline character is read, converted and transferred to ws or
an end-of-file condition is encountered. The wide-character string,
ws, is then terminated with a null wide-character code.

The fgetws() function reads characters from the stream, converts them
to the corresponding wide-character codes, and places them in the
wchar_t array pointed to by ws until n-1 characters are read, or
until a newline character is read, converted and transferred to ws,
or an end-of-file condition is encountered. The wide-character
string, ws, is then terminated with a null wide-character code.

If an error occurs, the resulting value of the file position
indicator for the stream is indeterminate.

The fgetws() function may mark the st_atime field of the file
associated with stream for update. The st_atime field will be marked
for update by the first successful execution of fgetc(3C), fgets(3C),
fgetwc(3C), fgetws(), fread(3C), fscanf(3C), getc(3C), getchar(3C),
gets(3C), or scanf(3C) using stream that returns data not supplied by
a prior call to ungetc(3C) or ungetwc(3C).

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, getws() and fgetws() return ws. If the
stream is at end-of-file, the end-of-file indicator for the stream is
set and fgetws() returns a null pointer. For standard-conforming (see
standards(7)) applications, if the end-of-file indicator for the
stream is set, fgetws() returns a null pointer whether or not the
stream is at end-of-file. If a read error occurs, the error indicator
for the stream is set and fgetws() returns a null pointer and sets
errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

See fgetwc(3C) for the conditions that will cause fgetws() to fail.